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The Smart Cities Movement And Advancing The International Battle To Eliminate Homelessness - Barcelona As Test Case, John Travis Marshall, Jessica Venegas

Faculty Publications By Year

Barcelona is a leader in the smart cities movement, a movement that aims to help cities deliver services to citizens more efficiently and economically as a way of making the city a more inviting and inclusive place to live and work. As with any city committed to forward-looking economic, social, and urban development initiatives, it is important to consider whether ambitious goals to reinvent the city include an agenda to solve the persistent problems that have faced major cities for decades, including affordable housing and caring for roofless or homeless men and women. This article ties together the challenges Barcelona …

Alleviating Barcelona's Public Housing Shortages Through Historic Properties, Ryan Rowberry

Faculty Publications By Year

Creating public housing space in Barcelona requires rethinking how its historic properties might maintain their cultural and structural vitality while serving critical social and economic needs. Drawing on programs from the United States, Europe, and China, I suggest two strategies that Catalan officials might use to effectively leverage Barcelona's historic properties to reduce its public housing deficit. The first strategy considers successful financial incentives promoting public housing in historic properties within the United States - the Low Income Housing Tax Credit and the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit - and proposes how the Catalan government might find seed money to fund …

Lawyered Up: Local Communities, Courts, And Urban Renewal, Madeline Spolin

Sociology Honors Projects

What is the role of the judicial system in solving issues of urban renewal? I propose that communities use courts as a redress to become part of the decision making process on urban renewal issues, because courts provide procedural issues that are easily open to challenge in federal statute. I analyze public statements made throughout the construction of the Green Line in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, a federally funded urban renewal project. In spite of built in public consultation processes, changes to transit design do not occur when concerns are raised at public consultation meetings; instead, they come from …

Wellness Program Participation In The City Of Cupertino, Karen Bernard-Guerin

Master's Projects

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence And Ethical Behavior: A Case Study Of Administrative Employees At A Mid-Atlantic University, Najwa Mordhah

School of Public Service Theses & Dissertations

The current study examined the relationship between emotional intelligence and ethical behavior in one of the large-sized public universities. Approximately 270 administrative employees working at Mid-Atlantic University (MAU) were asked to complete surveys that assessed their emotional intelligence dimensions as well as their level of ethical behavior. This study examined three hypotheses to investigate the relationship between each dimension of emotional intelligence and level of ethical behavior.

Results of the statistical analyses revealed that some of the four dimensions of emotional intelligence are significantly correlated, some positively and other negatively, with different levels of ethical behavior. Even though the first …

Street-Level Bureaucratic Discretion: An Investigation Of Disproportionality In The Child Welfare And Juvenile Justice Systems, Nina Frola Joyner

School of Public Service Theses & Dissertations

This study seeks to provide a structural explanation for a poorly understood administrative and policy phenomenon: the problem of minority overrepresentation or disproportionality in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Disproportionality is a pressing policy and practice concern regarding how to halt the continual over representation of African American and other minority youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. It has social and policy implications at the national, state and local level. Disporportionality affects the lives of youth who are unnecessarily removed from their families or adjudicated and detained as well as state and local budgets when …

Portland State 20/20 Newsletter Analytics, Strategic Planning Development Team, Portland State University. Office Of The President

Newsletters

A brief strategic plan progress report, providing analytics on emails and downloads.

Strategic Planning Development Team Meeting Notes 3/12/2015, Strategic Planning Development Team

Resource Archive

The Topic Teams have scheduled their own separate meetings. The Strategic Planning Development Team does not plan to meet again as a unit until April 2nd. Members of the committee also presented the startup of the strategic plan website. The individuals at the meeting debate on whether a face-to-face interaction is important for feedback and should an online forum suffice. The committee agrees in having an online feedback page but continues to ponder the idea of an event put on by the Strategic Planning Development Team.

Portland State 20/20 Newsletter, Strategic Planning Development Team, Portland State University. Office Of The President

Newsletters

This issue of the newsletter provides updates on the strategic planning process, including latest developments, recent activity, and upcoming events.

Cpaf Updates Vol. 16 Issue No. 3, Maria Krisitna G. Alinsunurin, Guinevere T. Madlangbayan, Joanne V. Alvarez, Stoix Nebin S. Pascua, Stella Concepcion R. Britanico

CPAf Updates

In this issue:

• Robredo leads 17th CPAf anniversary, 1
• Mayor Perez shares leadership journey, 2
• 2015 CPAf awardees honored, 3
• CISC hosts seminar on agricultural policy reforms, 3
• UPLB-GS spearheads graduate education conference, 4

Airbnb And The Sharing Economy Public Policy Report, Jihae Jane Kim

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

Plant Community Composition And Structure Monitoring For Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, 2014 Annual Report, Michael Prowatzke, Stephen K. Wilson

United States National Park Service: Publications

Abstract

This report presents the results of vegetation monitoring efforts in 2014 at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument (AGFO) by the Northern Great Plains Inventory and Monitoring Network (NGPN).

During the fourth full year of field work, crew members from NGPN visited six plant community monitoring plots to collect data on the vegetation at AGFO. This is part of a long-term monitoring effort that will sample six of 15 randomly located upland plots every year, so that each plot is visited for two consecutive years and then rested for three years, on a five-year rotating basis. NGPN staff captured data …

Review Of "Paramilitarism And The Assault On Democracy In Haiti," By Jeb Sprague, Jean-Germain Gros

Political Science Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Portland State 20/20 Newsletter, Strategic Planning Development Team, Portland State University. Office Of The President

Newsletters

This issue of the newsletter provides an overview of the latest developments in the strategic planning process, highlighted by the formation of Topic Teams.

Strategic Planning Development Team Meeting Notes 2/19/2015, Strategic Planning Development Team

Resource Archive

This meeting was facilitated by Coraggio. The committee conversed about the equity lens and its relevance on the Strategic Plan. Coraggio then opened the discussion for feedback on progress for the Topic Teams. The Topic Teams’ deadlines, organization, scheduling and team leadership are discussed as well. The Strategic Planning Development Team requests that the Coraggio group provides a template for each Topic Team so they know the optimal way in which to present their initiatives.

Strategic Planning Development Team Meeting Notes 2/5/2016, Strategic Planning Development Team

Resource Archive

‘Values’, ‘Vision’ and ‘Mission’, the components of the Strategic Plan, are presented to the group. The meeting participants discussed word clusters used to display what components of the strategic plan mean to the Portland State University community. After analyzing what PSU means to the community, the group then reflects themselves what does PSU mean to them..

Alt Response To Draft Mission Statement, Strategic Planning Development Team

Implementation

Brief summary of feedback from the Academic Leadership Team (ALT) on the mission statement draft.

General Strategic Planning Survey - All, Strategic Planning Development Team

Resource Archive

Word clusters and other data associated with the sentiments of Portland State University representing all individuals present at the school.

General Strategic Planning Survey- Faculty Senate, Strategic Planning Development Team

Resource Archive

Word clusters and other data associated with the sentiments of Portland State University Faculty Senate, used in the strategic plan development process.

General Strategic Planning Survey - Students, Strategic Planning Development Team

Resource Archive

Word clusters and other data associated with the sentiments of Portland State University by the students, used in the strategic planning development process.

General Strategic Planning Survey- Alumni, Strategic Planning Development Team

Resource Archive

Word clusters and other data associated with the sentiments of Portland State University by the alumni, gathered in surveys as part of the development of a strategic plan at Portland State University.

General Strategic Planning Survey- Staff, Strategic Planning Development Team

Resource Archive

Survey questions, word clusters and other data associated with the sentiments of Portland State University staff.

Key Strategic Planning Questions, Strategic Planning Development Team

Resource Archive

A compilation of key strategic planning questions gathered from the Board of Trustees, the Strategic Planning website, interviews with key stakeholders, and the PSU Foundation Board.

General Strategic Planning Survey- Faculty, Strategic Planning Development Team

Resource Archive

Survey questions, word clusters and other data associated with the sentiments of Portland State University from the faculty, used in the strategic planning development process,

Cpaf Updates Vol. 16 Issue No. 2, Stella Concepcion R. Britanico, Guinevere T. Madlangbayan, Stoix Nebin S. Pascua

CPAf Updates

In this issue:

• Chancellor Sanchez meets with CPAf, 1
• Dr. Gata reveals risky sexual behavior among college students, 2
• Dr. Brillo examines shifting economic regimes for retails, 2
• Assessment of PalayCheck institutionalization published in ISI journal, 3
• IGRD conducts workshop on outcomes-based education, 4

Plant Community Composition And Structure Monitoring For Scotts Bluff National Monument, 2014 Annual Report, Michael Prowatzke, Stephen K. Wilson

United States National Park Service: Publications

Abstract

This report presents the results of vegetation monitoring efforts in 2014 at Scotts Bluff National Monument (SCBL) by the Northern Great Plains Inventory and Monitoring Network (NGPN).

During the fourth full year of field work, crew members from NGPN visited eight plant community monitoring plots to collect data on the vegetation at SCBL. This is part of a long-term monitoring effort that will sample eight of 20 randomly located upland plots every year, so that each plot is visited for two consecutive years and then rested for three years, on a five-year rotating basis. Additionally, NGPN staff also visited …

Aging In Scituate: An Assessment Of Services And Programs For Our Community, Jan Mutchler, Hayley Gleason, Ceara Somerville, Maryam Khaniyan, Bernard A. Steinman

Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging Publications

This report describes collaborative efforts undertaken by the Town of Scituate and its Council on Aging (COA), and the Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging within the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Beginning in Summer 2014, these organizations partnered to conduct a needs assessment study to investigate the needs, interests, preferences, and opinions of the Town’s older resident population, with respect to living and aging in Scituate. The focus of this report is on two cohorts of Scituate residents—those aged 45 to 59 (referred to as “Boomers”), and the cohort of individuals who are currently …

Waste And Duplication In Nasa Programs: The Need To Enhance U.S. Space Program Efficiency, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

The U.S. Government faces acute budgetary deficits and national debt problems in the Obama Administration. These problems have been brought about by decades of unsustainable government spending affecting all agencies including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (NASA). An outgrowth of this fiscal profligacy is the presence of wasteful and duplicative programs within NASA that prevent this agency from achieving its space science and human spaceflight objectives. These problems occur due to mismanagement of these programs from NASA and the creation of these programs by the U.S. Congress and congressional committees. This occurs because congressional appropriators tend to be more …

The People Behind The Presidential Bully Pulpit, Kara Susan Alaimo

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

"The People Behind the Presidential Bully Pulpit" argues that civil servants best serve the interests of both the President of the United States and the American people as public affairs officers in the Department of the Treasury. Using interviews conducted with political appointees who served as Treasury spokespeople during the administrations of Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, civil servants who served in public affairs for the Treasury, and Treasury reporters who interacted frequently with the government officials, the study finds that civil servants better advance the goals of the President in the press than the political appointees personally …

Portland State 20/20 Newsletter, Strategic Planning Development Team, Portland State University. Office Of The President

Newsletters

This issue of the newsletter provides updates on recent activity, latest developments, and upcoming events, highlighted by the identification of eight key themes for the strategic plan.